Saving Lives at Sea with UAV-assisted Wireless Networks

G. Fontanesi, A. Zhu, H. Ahmadi

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate traits and trade-offs of a system combining Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)s with Base Station (BS) or Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN) for extending the terrestrial wireless coverage over the sea in emergency situations. Results for an over the sea deployment link budget show the trade-off between power consumption and throughput to meet the Search and Rescue targets.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-6009-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • aerospace control
  • autonomous aerial vehicles
  • emergency services
  • radio access networks
  • wireless sensor networks
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
  • BS
  • terrestrial wireless coverage
  • emergency situations
  • sea deployment
  • UAV-assisted wireless Networks
  • power consumption
  • Power demand
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Throughput
  • Wireless networks
  • Computer architecture
  • Europe

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